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Steptoe calibrates its approach to congressional oversight and investigations much like litigation. We are actively engaged in a number of representations with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have served clients involved in investigations stemming from virtually every industry, including financial services and insurance, health care, telecommunications and the Internet, manufacturing, international trade, banking, energy and environment, food and drug, and other consumer products and services. To further inform our counsel, the partnership also includes former senior officials from many government departments and agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and others. This invaluable background means that our professionals are not only experienced in responding to congressional demands, but many also led or orchestrated such inquiries while serving on Capitol Hill. Our team includes lawyers and advisors with deep roots in the House and Senate. In many instances, our success involves keeping our clients out of the congressional eye altogether. We are a go-to firm for everything from responding to an initial investigatory letter to preparing and defending our clients in nationally televised hearings. The firm has one of the premier Washington practices in this field, drawing on our depth of experience with high-profile matters, our substantive knowledge, our political acumen, and our understanding of congressional process. This site is neither endorsed, nor sponsored by, nor affiliated with Washington Commanders or NFL Properties LLC.Businesses, trade associations, and individuals have turned to Steptoe's congressional oversight and investigations team for decades. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy.The Committee responded, saying they would allow Snyder to testify virtually, which he also declined. Snyder declined to attend as he was out of the country on team business. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is expected to testify at Wednesday’s hearing. The Washington Post first reported the $1.6 million settlement back in 2009. At one point during the flight, she alleged, Snyder asked her for sex,groped her and attempted to pull off her clothing before she stopped the assault and pushed him away. The woman said the alleged assault occurred in a private, partitioned area in the back of a team plane during a return flight from a work trip.Įight passengers were on the plane, including Snyder and the alleged victim, two pilots and two flight attendants.Īccording to the letter, the woman alleged that Snyder asked her to sit with him in a private area at the back of the plane, away from the other passengers. Snyder denied the allegations, and the team accused the woman of fabricating her claims in an attempt to extort Snyder. The woman alleged the assault occurred in a private, partitioned area at the back of one of the team’sprivate planes during a return flight from a work trip to Las Vegas. The woman accused Snyder of asking her for sex, groping her and attempting to remove her clothes,according to a letter sent by an attorney for the team to the woman’s lawyer in 2009. Three months later, the team agreed to pay the woman $1.6 million as part of a confidential statement. House Committee on Oversight and Reform is scheduled to hold a public hearing regarding the Washington Commanders’ workplace misconduct issues, more details emerged from a 2009 accusation against owner Daniel Snyder.Īccording to Will Hobson of The Washington Post, a former team employee accused Snyder of sexually assaulting and harassing her in April 2009.
